Oops-a-doodle!

Taking a week off; classes are starting this week and I need to prepare.

More paintings are coming, though. They are!

Little Blue Candleholder

Sorry she's late, folks. This is my little blue candleholder hanging out a lemon and a few clementines (as she often does). Next week will have fewer paintings; I'm going to be starting two new classes and I'll also be working on my manuscript. Have a great week, everyone!

Fuscia and Orange

Loved painting this little guy this morning. Can't wait to get it photographed a little better; I love my little 5c very much, but it gets a little overwhelmed when I paint with high-contrast colours!

10"x12" Oil on Canvas

This isn't oil!

No painting today, on account of my fulfillment of a life drawing commission for coloured pencils. I am not a fan of working in coloured pencils (really, I haven't ever been very good at them), but it feels good to branch out every now and again, and I'm sure not complaining about getting a commission!

Guapea

Had a lot of fun with this little guy today. And afterwards, I made a massive spicy salsa salad. I have always loved tomatoes.. I think I'm going to be painting quite a few in the upcoming year or two!

I'm not even close to where I want to be as an artist right now, but I feel even more confident in this piece than I did in my very first, 5 days ago. I'm excited to see the things I'll be doing 5 days, 10 days, and 20 days from now.

Thank you so much for taking the time to join me on this journey!

Oil on canvas, 10"x12"

Orange Orange Moon

So last night's moon was absolutely RIDICULOUS. Hubban and I decided to take the long way back (along the beach of the North Sea) after picking up a few groceries and things (finally got the cat a scratching post).. Turns out, the moon was both enormous and absurdly orange. It was reflected on the water so very clearly along the waves, and the ships out on the horizon almost looked like a little city. So tonight's fun little painting is an homage.

20x30cm oil on canvas

Weekend Update

(or, Why I Didn't Post This Weekend)

I feel like every 3 or 4 months I need to remind myself that I am horrible at painting landscapes from photographs.

Yesterday was one of those reminders.

So I won't be posting that, but I can assure you, it was painted. Today has been a lovely Sunday full of tying up loose ends (and walking all the way to The Range to gather materials for a new commission! Yay!), so I will be working on digital paintings (specifically a business card commission) today as my daily painting in order to recover from yesterday's less-than-stellar work.

Thanks for your patience. Tomorrow's painting should be a hoot!

(Also, for those of you who are sticklers about this sort of thing, I should let you know that I only intend on painting on days where I am not otherwise massively occupied with self-employment-related endeavours!)

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